Hong Kong Regulations

FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (ELECTRICITY) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 17

Location of switchboard apparatus

All apparatus and equipment used in or in connexion with a switchboard and
requiring handling shall be located and installed so that so far as is
reasonably practicable- (71 of 1989 s. 13)

   (a)  such apparatus and equipment can be readily operated from floor level
        or from a working platform provided for that purpose;

   (b)  all measuring instruments and indicators used in or in connexion
        therewith can be readily observed from floor level or from the working
        platform;

   (c)  any such apparatus, equipment, measuring instrument or indicator that
        cannot be readily operated or observed from floor level or from a
        working platform, can be otherwise operated or observed without
        electrical hazard.